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Car- Signal Holder. rNo. 95,086. Patented sept. 21, 1869.

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WILLIAM W. COLLEY ANDWiLLIAM n. DEITRICK, or PHILADEL- f PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. s

Letters Patent No. 95,086, dated September 21, SGQ.

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- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM W. OoLLnY andWrL- Lun H. DEITRIQK, of the cityof Philadelphia,.county nature, construction, and operation thereof, .reference being hereby had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this our` specification. v

Like letters represent and refer to like or corresponding parts.

Figure 1 represents a plan or top vie-vir of our im-4 proved apparatus for receiving and holding lanterns or other signals upon railway-oars, for use by night or day upon moving trains, andshowing the various parts thereof, each ofI which will be fully described hereinafter. i

Figure 2 representsa vertical section of one part of our said apparatus, shown at iig. -1, and which ver-- tical line is on the line A`and B, iig. 1, as aforesaid, thnsand thereby showing the detailparts of the same,

y each more fully described hereinafter.

The nature of our said invention and improvement consists in the construction and arrangement of a device which shall receive and firmlyhold any kind of railway or other lantern or other instrme'nt, upon and in combination with the end' or side of a passenger or other railway-oar, for the 'purpose of giving proper signals or information necessary for -the proper, safe, and successful management of railway-trains in the day or .nighttime.

By this means `the engineer, without moving from his seat, can see at a glance whether any of the train is detached, as frequently happens without his knowledge, when `the bell-rope, by reason of twist, knot, or

other obstruction, fails in its duty.

The said device is detachable and removable from such car so combined therewith, for any purpose deemed vnecessary; audit consists of the several parts of the same, constructed, arranged, and combined with each "other, in the manner substantially as herein described `and set forth.

Having thus described the nature of our said invention and improvement, we willhere proceed to'describe theconstruction and operation-of the same, which is substantially as-follows, to wit: y

` rlfhe saiddeviceor apparatus, when' in use, will be substantially as shown at iig. 1, where C is the lower or horizontal part, attached to the vertical iron rod D, at the end of the car, while E is the vertical part ati tached 'to the 'horizontal rodi-l, which passes from the said .vertical rod D, along the end of thelcar, to anvother and opposite vertical ro'd upon theother side of said car.

The said rods to which our said apparatus is at- 'tached and combined may be of anysuitable and convenient size or shape that is used for the purpose.Y The device will attach to any such rods now usedbn the United States railways without alteration.

Our said apparatus consists of two straight .'bars,

with a joint at one end of each, substantially as shown at G, iigs. 1 and 2, and having a slot in each running from end to end, substantially as at H H, iig. 1,0f the accompanying drawings, and which slot may be of any .width deemed best to use; and it may extend from l end to cud of each of said bars, or only part of that' distance, as the case may require.

- Working in each of said slots, and resting upon each of said plates, there is a claw, I, with a spiral or other spring, J, between said plate and claw, and having a set-screw, K, as shown at fig; 2, by which that part of said claw which contains the said rail or rod D is broughtclosely and firmly thereon, so as to hold there the same, in the manner and by the means substan tially as shown at fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. l f

At the extreme end of the said bar C, we construct and arrange ourdevice for receiving and holding' the lantern or any other signal, as aforesaid, which consists of a spring-band, L, iigs. 1 and 2, and which con- The thumb-screw or nut b is for the purpose 'of bring.- v

ing the said movable part of the .said band L to its place upon the instrument to be used as and for a signal, and of holdin g the same in its proper place thereon.

By means of the said jointed piece M and the said hinge a, iig. 2, any size of lantern or other signal may be used, and firmly held in and by the said band L, figs. land 2. Either or all' of .these parts, a, b, and AM, may be omitted in case the signals require but one size holder'.

The device known ,as claw I is, witlrah its accompany-'ing parts, constructed substantially as shown atI iig. 2, -and therewill be one used in each of said slots H, substantially as shown at fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

rIhe several parts of our said apparatus may be constructed of any suitable material, and of size,.form, or shape, substantially as shown at said fig. 2.

lhesaid expanding and contracting device or baud L `1g. 2, with the said jointed bar or rod M, joint and thumb-screw b, of said iig. 2, may also be of any suitable material and of any size or form deemed best The said device or band Lis so arranged as tor be turned or set away or off in an opposite direction from the said jointed bar M and thumbsorew b, in the manner substantially as shown at Iig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. This is for the purpose of having the said lighted lantern or other signal arranged upon said railway-car out of the Way of passengers when entering or leaving the cars, or for other purposes, when required.

Having thus'described our said invention,

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The slotted bars O and E, jointed at G, and'containing the claws I I, and the expanding and contracting band L L, whether made expansible or not, as

arranged and combined, in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein described and set forth.

2. The claw I, and spiral or other spring J, and setscrew K, arranged and combined and moving in the slot H, and on the surface of the bar C, in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein described and set forth.

3. The expanding and contracting band L L, in combination 'with the jointed bar or rod M and joint a, each being constructed, arranged, and operated in W. J .'vMoGLEAN, ANDREW Momzow. 

